Question Any Bikers on here?

[S31FER]

Just curious if there are any bikers on here, and if so, what do you currently ride?

I just sold my 2001 Honda CBR1100xx due to a brain surgery I'm recovering from, can't drive for about six months and by that time I'll have moved back to the U.S. and am looking into a Kawasaki Zh2 but I'm not 100% decided yet. Want something I can use on track and around town. I pretty much daily drove my motorcycle. For being a bigger bike, it was surprisingly do-able.

Some bikes I've been researching (and liking) are the Kawasaki Z1000, both the naked and touring models. The Yamaha FZ-10 and the newer Suzuki Katana.

 

[jeremyj_83]

The Honda CBRs are always a good choice. Buddy of mine has a 2013 (I think) 1000RR and he loves it.

 

[punkncat]

Been riding a long time, just gave it up a couple of years ago.

My first road bike was a KZ 750, some CB 750/900, a GS that I can't recall for sure the displacement. Owned a Sportster and a Honda VT....my absolute fave were CBR (Hurricane) variants. My last was a CBR 900 which darn near killed me and took a foot.

I have ridden since, and still enjoy doing so, however boss momma has told me I need to retire to 3 wheelers. I bought a Euro sports car instead.

 

[S31FER]

First "real" bike I had was a late 80's Suzuki Intruder. My grandfather got it for free off of his work buddy who used it for a year when new, parked it and didn't touch it since. Spent weekends with my grandad working on it, surprisingly good shape. The carbs needed cleaning, that was probably 80% of the work. Then a new tail light and removing some obnoxiously tall sissy bars and tassels (ugh) from the handlebar lol.

 

[punkncat]

That is a trip. My grandfather in law had an Intruder with a sidecar. He called it his wheelchair. He rode it well into his 90's. He was a pastor and would ride it to church in his suit.

While was doing the "Harley" thing, my boss at the time had a VTX 1800 (I would own one in a second) with tassels off the grips. As we were riding one time a hawk or owl came down and tried to catch it, ending up in a lot of feathers and a passed on bird, but was completely a trip when it happened in tight formation with a group.
That same group was also well known for scooping road kill with a boot and often aimed for the air cooled rigs. I caught a possum one time that was pretty foul for a while. In what is the twisted world of cycle clubs and rallies it made way more sense...

 

[S31FER]

Sounds like good times, Punkcat. Ah, the VTX1800, in my opinion it looks better than most Harley's. I'm not a Harley fan, never have been. But I do like the ones from the 40's and I like the "culture" of Harley in the 60's. Even though that was a few decades before my time.

Your grandad sounds awesome btw, hope I'm riding into my 90's! With a side car huh? That's kinda cool, ngl.